Egg Crate

Lovely box with a damaged top. What to do? Cover it with cracked eggs shells - what else? I love this look that mimics old ivory. Besides, now you know what to do with all of those old Easter egg shells.

Materials:

wooden box

black acrylic paint

egg shells

white glue

clear nail polish

Tools:

brush

wooden skewer

tweezers

Remove the membrane from egg shells. This is a fussy activity best done in front of TV.

Paint the top of the box black. Let dry.
Brush on white glue. Place a piece of egg shell on the glue and push down with the skewer to crack the shell. Learn from my mistake - this is too much glue. I spent a lot of time wiping excess glue out of the cracks.
Use tweezers to fill in any large gaps with small pieces of shell.
After the glue dries, dilute black paint with water and brush over the shells. Wipe off with a paper towel while the paint is still wet.

When dry, use clear nail polish to seal and protect. This is my new favorite sealer. It's cheap, dries super fast and is very glossy. No one objects to the smell. They think that I'm finally doing the girly thing - painting my nails. Fools.